Stove.



Pat ented Oct. 22, I91. H. v. voums.

I STOVE.

(Application filed Jan. 22, 1901.)

No. ea5,|94.

(No Model.)

UNIT D STATES PATENT I OFFICE.

HENRY V. YOUNG, OF NE'W CUMBERLAND, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ALBERT F. OBRIEN,

GINIA.

OF NEW CUMBERLAND, VVES'I VIR- STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,194, dated October 22,1901. Y Application filed January 22, 1901. Serial No. 44,285. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Beit known that I, HENRY V.YOUNG, a citizen of the-United States,residin g at New On mberland, in the county of Hancock and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Stove,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stoves,and has for its object to provide an improved device of this character which is especially designed for use in milk-wagons and other vehicles and designed for burning .wood, charcoal, corncobs, and the like, which character of fuel may be conveniently carried in the vehicle and fed to the stove. It is furthermore designed to provide an improved mounting of the ash-pan, so as to hold the same steady, and thereby prevented from being displaced by the j olting of the vehicle, and'finally to arrange an improved draft device in connection with the door to the ash box or chamber.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the'accompanyingdrawings,and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion,

size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the ad-' vantages'of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a stove constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional View thereof. Fig. 3' is a top plan view of the stove. Fig. 4 is a horizontal transverse sectional view taken on the line 4 at of Fig. 2.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the figures'of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the body of the stove, which is in the form of an upright open-ended cylindrical drum, having top and bottom marginal series of openings or perforations 2 and 3, respectively, for the free circulation of the external air to the interior of the outer drum or shell. Within this body there is a similar and smaller internal drum or shell 4, which is provided with top and bottom external marginal flanges5 and 6, respectively, that are connected to the outer drum, thereby forming a body having inner and outer shells, between which is provided an annular hot-air space 7, extending for the entire length of the body and designed for the reception of the external air through I the perforations 2 and 3.

A grate 8 closes the bottom end of the body and is formed byineans of a perforate metals lic plate, having its outer marginal edge supported within an outer marginalbead 9, formed at the bottom marginal edge of the outer shell 1. The lower fiangedend of the inner shell rests upon the grate as an additional support. Beneath the body of the stove is the ash-.

chamber thereof, formed by a ring or band 10 and an inwardly and upwardly flared crown ring or band 11, which is. interposed betweenrthe body-ring and the body of the stove. The two rings are connected by means of a folded joint 12, while the upper marginal edge of the crown-ring is folded into the bottom bead of the external shell 1. At the bottom edge of the body-rin g 10 there is provided a bead 13, within which is snugly held the outer marginal edge of a bottom plate 14 for closing the bottom of the ash-chamber, and the entire stove is supported upon a base flange or ring 15, which flares upwardly and inwardly and has its upper marginal edge folded into the bead 13 at. the bottom of the ash-chamber. A plurality of substantially L-shaped feet or cars 16 are secured to'the lower marginal edge of the base-flange and extend outwardly therefrom, so as to rest flat upon the floor of a vehicle or other support, and are also provided with perforations 17 for the reception of fastenings, whereby the stove may be rigidly secured to a support.

In the front of the ash-chamber there is cut an opening which is slightly narrower than the band or ring 10, so as to produce the top and bottom flanges 18 and 19, against which the door 20 is designed to close. This door is bowed longitudinally, as best shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, so as to substantially conform to the shape of the ash-chamber when closed, and is also provided with a marginal bead 21, within which is held a stiffening-wire 22. At one end of the door the bead is omitted, so as to expose the wire to form a hingepintle 23, which is received within the eye of a fixed hinge member 24, secured to the outer side of the ash-chamber. A latch is provided at the opposite free end of the door and is designed to engage with the keeper 26, projected outwardly from the ash-chamber.

An inverted substantially L-shaped drafthood 27 is carried by the inner side or back of the door and is formed from a single piece of metal having the intermediate top flange 28, which gives the L shape to the hood and produces the opposite terminal attaching-ears 29, which are secured to the door in any suitable manncr. The outer edge of the flange 28 is made to snugly fit against the inner side of the door, and the latter is provided with one or more openings 30 for the admission of air into the ash-chamber and then to the firebox or body of the stove.

Removably supported upon the bottom of the ash-chamber is an ash-pan 31, which is received between the opposite partitions 32,

which have bottom flanges that are secured to the bottom of the ash-chamber and extend from the front to the back thereof. These partitions are designed to prevent too great lateral play of the ash-pan and also have their upper edges projected above the pan and slitted vertically, so as to permit of the wings or cars being bent inwardly in opposite directions to lie across the respective side edges of the pan, whereby the latter is held against upward displacement by the jolting of a vehicle.

As plainly shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the front of the ash-pan is provided with a handle 34, against which the draft hood of the door bears when closed, so as to hold the pan firmly against the back of the ash-chamber, and thereby form an additional means for preventing displacement of the pan. It will also be noted that the hood 27 extends downwardly nearly to the bottom of the ash-chamber, so as to direct the greater part of the draft downwardly and around the opposite sides of the ash-pan and then upwardly through all parts of the body of the fire, so as to eifectively apply the draft. Moreover, as the top of the hood terminates short of the opposite ends thereof there are provided the opposite terminal top openings 35, so that some of the draft may pass directly upward. A fiat top 36 covers the open upper end of the stove and is provided with a marginal head or flange 37, which embraces the combined upper edges of the inner and outer shells, so as to form a tight joint, and is provided with a central opening 38 for the reception of fuel. At the back of the top there is a smoke-pipe opening provided with an upstanding flange 39 for the support of a stovepipe. A swinging lid or cover 40 closes the opening in the top and is provided with a transverse brace-bar 41, secured across the top of the lid. A suitable pivot-pin 42 extends through one end of the bar and the lid, so as to hingedly connect the latter to the top of the stove, and the opposite end of the bar is projected beyond the edge of the lid, so as form a latch 43, which is designed to take under an npwardly-oifset keeper 44 upon the stove-top, the outer extremity of the latch being formed into a suitable finger-piece or handle 45 for the convenient manipulation of the lid or cover.

VVhat is claimed is- 1. A stove, having an ash-chamber, and a removable ash-pan therein, the opposite sides of the ash-chamber being formed by upstanding plates or partitions, which have their upper edges slitted vertically and bent laterally inward to form wings or ears that overhang the respective edges of the pan and form stops to prevent upward displacement thereof.

2. A stove for vehicles, having an ashchamber provided with a lateral door, a removable ash-pan inserted into the chamber through the door thereof, with its inner end bearing against the back of the chamber, the door having a part bearing against the front of the pan, and the sides of the chamber having lateral inwardly directed projections overhanging the upper edges of the pan to prevent upward jolting thereof.

3. A stove, having an ash-chamber, an ashpan within the chamber, a door therefor for the introduction and removal of the pan and also provided with a draft-opening, and a draft-hood carried by the back of the door, terminating short of the bottom of the chamber, and normally in engagement with the ash-pan to hold it against accidental. displacement.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY V. YOUNG.

Witnesses:

ED. H. WARD, ALBERT F. OBRIEN. 

